We Encourage One Another:
Reflections on 30 Years of Service
Jean Zaru began her volunteer service as Clerk of Ramallah Friends Meeting in 1987. Prior to responding to this leading she was president of the YWCA Jerusalem and vice-president of the World YWCA, as well as a teacher of religion & ethics at the Ramallah Friends School. Jean was also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and served on the interfaith dialogue group of the Middle East Council of Churches, in addition to raising three children in th
Main Street, Then and Now
Everyone who has come to the Friends Meeting in Ramallah feels it: the stories in the stones; the echoes of ministries spoken and lived out daily; the certainty of refuge in times of fear; and the courage of resistance embedded in the very walls. Friends also have many stories about life bustling in front of them “on the street”. That’s Main Street, if you aren’t sure; commonly referred to as Rukab street. It’s where, today, you will find a falafel shop on the corner and ice
